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Quality Learning, Care, Innovation, Opportunities & Technology

Award Winners Silver Awards

From the Principal 1

K-2 Fun Day 2

SRC Update 2

PSSA Rugby League 2

10 Year Celebration Bush Dance

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Cake Stall 2

Fathers Day Stall 3

Poems from S3S 3

Term Planner 4

Glenmore Park Public School

Newsletter

Stage 2 Panthers on the Prowl

Science in a Box

Scientist Visit

SYDNEY WEST DANCE PERFORMANCE

Congratulations our Dance Group under the guidance of Ms Mooney and Mrs Daniel who perform at the Matinee and Evening shows on 3rd and 4th June. Good luck girls.

Dear Parents Proud Students Welcome

Parents and Friends Education Week was a great success with many parents and grandparents visiting the school to see students showcase their learning and view classrooms. Many thanks to all for making the open time a success and for your

library donations.

PANTHERS ON THE PROWL Department of Education and Training and

Panthers Initiative Congratulations to our 10 Stage 2 students who graduated last Friday from their success-ful course at Panthers on the Prowl. Students regularly visited the classroom and produced a CD presentation of themselves as well as engag-ing in many learning activities. Well done as successful ambassadors of the school.

Issue 8 2 June, 2009

SILVER AWARD WINNERS

Joshua - 6 Ameerul - 3 Sarrah - 2

Brittany - 4 Georgia - 4

Olivia - 3 Venuk - 3

Matthew - 6 Kimia - 6

Madeleine - 6 Cheyenne - 6

Cooper - 4 Joshua - 1

Ella - 1 Jeremy - 1

Samantha - 4

GOLD AWARD WINNERS

Samantha - 4

Chloe - 6 Jacob - 5

Inside this issue: From the Principal Open Day Walkathon School Leadership

Ceremony Water Tank Gold Award Winner

Profile Sydney West Swimming Report Term Planner

From the Principal……….

Learning GrowingForever Together

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rooms a great job everyone!! To all the par-ents, grandparents and carers thank you for taking time to see the wonderful programs the school is operating - the students really enjoy showing off their work!!!

WALKATHON The Walkathon was a huge success Friday. The weather was perfect and the children were great. All students were able to collect their 10 ticks indicating they have completed the walkathon. A big thanks to Mr Corry who organised the activity and the parent helpers who assisted supervising the course—Mrs Geerin, Mrs Hassan, Mrs Bashar, Mrs Petter-son, Mrs Cloake, Mrs Hancock and Mrs de st Germain. Also those who came forward to help with the fruit after the event. Special congratulations to the staff that walked and supervised to ensure all students were safe and finished in the designated time. We must be a fit school as the whole event was com-pleted in just less than one and a half hours. Please ensure that all sponsorship forms are returned ASAP. Once again thank you to eve-ryone for your wonderful support in this event.

SCHOOL CAPTAINS RECOGNITION Last Thursday evening Josh and Madelaine attended the Mayors Annual School Leader Ceremony at the Joan Suther-land Centre. The Ceremony was attended by David Bradbury and Karyn Palluzano. All the schools in the Penrith district were repre-sented and all Captains were presented with a special certificate from the Mayor and had their photo taken. At the conclusion of the presentation the Mayor provided supper and drinks for families and friends.

50,000L WATER TANK Our water tank has been successfully in-stalled at the end of the administration block. The tank has a watering system and pump attached so that the front of the school can be watered and kept green in dry spells. We were also able to replace many of the broken bubblers that continually leaked because they were not turned off correctly; the new taps are spring loaded so this should not be an issue any more. The school was fortunate to have

WE’RE ON THE WEB!

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SCIENTISTS VISIT AND CREATE ELEC-TRICITY

“SCIENCE IN A BOX” Stage 3 were treated to a special visit by two practising scientists from Sydney University last week who demonstrated the properties of electricity to lots of oo’s and wow’s. It was a real electric performance, with students taking part. Thanks to Brian Pennington, our Science in a Box designer.

WALKATHON SUCCESS LAST FRIDAY

Thanks to the weather last Friday we held our Walkathon. All students participated and completed the course. Students are reminded to keep bringing in their sponsorship money to be eligible for a prize. Closing date is 12th June. BUILDING THE EDUCATION REVOLUTION

COMMONWEALTH GRANT It is with pleasure that I inform the Glenmore Park Public School community that our school has received $3,200,000 as a part of the Com-monwealth Government’s BER—Grants. This money has been designated through the guide-lines to install six new classrooms to replace the demountables and to upgrade and refur-bish existing facilities. We are really pleased to be a part of this exciting educational grant. Michelle Collins PRINCIPAL

OPEN DAY SUCCESS

Congratulations to both choir teachers Miss Whitby and Ms Dickenson, Dance group Miss Mooney, Jolly phonics Kindergarten teachers and 2RO and 2J for the Gymnastics display. Mrs Robins and Mrs Dalitz for the work in the Computer Lab and Library. To class teachers for welcoming the parents into the open class-

HOW TO CONTACT US Address: 33-41 The Lakes Drive GLENMORE PARK NSW 2745 Phone: 4733 6204 FAX: 4733 6430

SHINING STAR WINNERS K-2: Tyler - 1, Mitchell - 1 3-6: Jayce - 3, Aryan - 3,





the tank installed courtesy of the Federal Government Water Grant program. If you see the sprinklers going at the front of the school we are using water harvested in the tank.

GOLD AWARD WINNER PROFILE JACOB - 5 - Hi, I have 2 brothers Shaun and Andrew. I have been at GPPS since Kinder. I have represented the school in PSSA T-ball and PSSA AFL as well as District Swimming Car-nival. I like to play Soccer and other games with my friends. At school my favourite subjects are Maths and Science. My birthday is in September. I am hoping to go to Bathurst & Home-bush to watch the V8 Supercars later this year.

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SYDNEY WEST SWIMMING REPORT TERM 1 2009

Hello my name is Heidi. On Tuesday the 31st March 9 Glenmore Park students went to SOPAC (Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre) at Homebush. There was myself, Siyumi, Breanne, Aimee, Jack, Ryan, James, Andrew and Matthew. We were representing the Penrith Zone at the Sydney West Swimming Meet. I had a cough and a blocked nose but I was excited about doing my best. My first event was the 100m Freestyle it was 9:00am. I blew my nose then went down to marshall for the 100m Free. I swam a time of 1:16.94, this was a 3-1/2 second pb. I am very happy because any pb swims, swum at this meet can be used on a Swimming NSW entry card, for outside of school swimming meets. Next to swim was Jack in the 50m Freestyle. Jack swam well swimming a time of 40.14. Siyumi and I were up next also swimming the 50m free. Siyumi swam a time of 36.20, and I swam a time of 34.79, although this was not a pb for me in this event, with a blocked nose I still swam well. James followed us with his 50m Free in a time of 35.92. Breaststroke was next, and it was Siyumi up on the blocks. Siyumi swam her 50m Breaststroke from one end to the other in 52.13. Next to get wet is Ryan and James swimming the 50m Breast. Ryan swam well doing a time of 52.21. Unfortunately James was disqualified, this can be for a number of reasons. All of us have been disqualified at one time, even Ian Thorpe has been disqulaified, and James still swam very good. My nose was becoming blocked again, so I took care of that, it was then time to be marshalled again. I walked down with Siyumi and Emily (from Regentville PS) to marshall for our 50m Backstroke swims. Emily is a friend I compete with at swimming NSW swim meets out-side of school. I found it harder to breathe in my Backstroke swim, as my nose felt all blocked up again. I swam my Backstroke in 42.84 and as Siyumi always does, swam her Backstroke rally well in a time of 41.15. Ryan hopped in the water next for his Backstroke swim, and swam a time of 47.16. Ryan has been out of the water, partici-pating in other sports, and only returned to the pool for squad training a short while ago, so he has done well. Now it was time to Fly… I love to Fly even with a blocked nose. Siyumi swam her 50m Fly in 41.60, and I swam my 50m But-terfly in 42.10. I was a little disappointed in my time because I was 3 seconds slower than my usual time I swim it and I was really hoping to do a 38.00. As the day went on I was needing to blow my nose more and more, so I am happy with my Fly time. I know that I will do a 38.00 when I am feeling better. Ryan was up next with his 50m Fly, he swam well and did a time of 42.46. Next up was the 200m I.M. and with my nose I knew I just had to go out there and do my best. I knew I wasn’t going to do a pb on my time 3:13.59 that I swam at our district champs outside of school in February this year. I found it hard to breathe over the 200m but I did the best I could with a time of 3:23.10. Siyumi swam well and did her 200m I.M. in 3:13.66. We all had one swim left to swim, and it was the best swim to finish on, first up was the girls senior 4x50m Freestyle Relay. Sitting all day for this one swim were Breanne and Aimee, they are really nice, and they are good swimmers. Siyumi and I could not have done it without them. Thank you Breanne and Aimee, it must have felt like a long day for you. Breanne and Aimee don’t swim the hours that Siyumi and I do. Breanne has been on the relay team with Siyumi and I for the past 3 years, and has got stronger and faster every year. This was Aimee’s first year and that was nice, our time was 2:42.35. Andrew and Matthew had a long day waiting for their only swim the boys senior 4x50m Freestyle Relay, swimming with them was James and Ryan, they all swam well with a time of 2:40.30. This is my story of the Sydney West Swimming Meet. By Heidi - Year 5





TERM 2, 2009

WEEK 6

1/6 SydWest Dance Rehearsal

2/6 3/6 SydWest Dance Matinee Performance 9.30am

4/6 Year 4 Excursion 6.45pm SydWest Dance Performance

5/6 PSSA

WEEK 7

8/6 QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY PUBLIC HOLIDAY

9/6 10/6 ICAS Science Competition Regional Cross Country

11/6 Panther Trophy U10 & U11

12/6 PSSA

WEEK 8

15/6 DISCO

16/6 17/6 Cake Stall 1/2B & 1E

18/6 19/6 PSSA

WEEK 9

22/6 23/6 ICAS Spelling Competition ICAS Writing Competition

24/6 Primary (Yr 3-6) Athletics Carnival Werrington

25/6 26/6 PSSA

WEEK 10

29/6 30/6 1/7 Reports go home

2/7 3/7 PSSA

WEEK 11

6/7 Primary Parent/Teacher Interview Night

7/7 Aboriginal Cultural Visit Infants Parent/Teacher Interview Night

8/7 9/7 10/7 NO PSSA




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